Local 5621 Union Orientation Meetings
We will be holding these meetings every Monday to coincide with new employee GEO. Anyone that missed their orientation is welcome to join a session this month on either August 8, 15, 22 or 29th.
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Local 5131 Union Orientation Meetings
We will be holding these meetings every Monday to coincide with new employee GEO. Anyone that missed their orientation is welcome to join a session this month on either August 8, 15, 22 or 29th.
Local 5103 Post Election Protest Decision
The Nomination and Election Committee of HPAE Local 5103 received protests related to the Local Union’s recent officer election. All protests received did not comply with the Election Protest rules adopted by the Committee, but all were reviewed by the
Priorities for American Rescue Plan Funds: Statement of Debbie White, RN, President, HPAE
We urge the Governor to designated funds to provide Hazard Pay for our healthcare workforce, who must remain at work, facing life threatening risks and continue to provide safe care for their patients.
The exodus: COVID traumatized a generation of N.J. nurses. Many are in crisis and leaving the field.
Nurses across New Jersey were walloped when the pandemic arrived, swept up in a vortex of death and trauma and grief. Witnessing death is part of the job.
Our Contract has Expired; Tell Rutgers to Bargain in Good Faith!
June 30th was the last day of our contract. The terms remain in effect, but management’s inability to meaningfully engage in negotiations means that the salary increases we are demanding have not taken effect.
Rutgers 5089 Negotiations Update, June 30, 2022
HPAE local 5089 met on 6/30/22 for our fifth session of negotiations with Rutgers University. Our contract is set to expire July 1, 2022. As of July 1, 2022, our Staff Nurses and Nurse Clinicians will officially fall behind on
Rowan Update, July 1, 2022
Rowan SOM and Virtua announced their intention to affiliate earlier this year. This agreement has not been signed yet, but the parties are hoping to sign one soon. The CWA and HPAE have requested a copy of the agreement when
Unions on the Outside Looking in on Trenton’s Budget Pact
The unions that represent tens of thousands of New Jersey’s essential workers, who put their lives at risk during the pandemic, failed to convince Trenton’s Democratic legislative leaders that their members were worthy of $100 million in hazard pay.
HPAE statement FY-2023 NJ Budget
HPAE nurses and healthcare workers argued for... Gov. Phil Murphy and state legislators to adequately fund the operation of New Jersey’s only public hospital by raising the annual budget allocation for University Hospital in Newark to $151.1 million.
Rutgers 5094 Negotiations Update, June 29, 2022
The University continues to delay productive negotiations at every session we have scheduled. At today’s session, the University did not have any additional responses to the reserved proposals and only presented one proposal on the management side.
Violence Against Health Care Workers In New Jersey Hospitals Rose Over Last 3 Years: Survey (video)
A new survey from the New Jersey Hospital Association says health care employees have experienced an increase in violence over the past three years. That physical and verbal abuse in hospitals comes mainly from patients.